Antique 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Bible Document Box 6 Plank Trunk 1680 Mid-Century Modern the back panels finely painted

the back panels finely painted with birds

joined with a carved & reticulated garland of leaves & flowers

George Armfield was a British genre artist specializing in oil paintings of domesticated dogs

The auctual body of the box is made from a horses hoof

The properties and paraphanelia of this were purchased in 1874 by P

Antique 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Bible Document Box 6 Plank Trunk 1680 Mid-Century Modern the back panels finely paintedA good antique English, Charles II (Carolean) period carved oak bible or document box, circa 1680. Such boxes were particularly popular in the 17th century, when printed bibles were very expensive and a treasured family possession. The bible was most likely the only book owned by a family and was also the means of recording births, deaths & marriages which would be written on the flyleaf or endpapers. They were also used to protect other important